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WordKeeper · 03-08-2009, 07:00 AM

I have been in a difficult to describe social isolation for some years now. It started after the sudden death of my husband when our son was an infant. I went into a severe depression and then one disaster after another befell me. After I battled the depression, anxiety took over. My non-profit was closed, I lost my income, I had severe damage by mold and incurred significant damages and debt mitigating that damage. Lost my group of friends during this period of extreme depression. Not sure they were ever friends if they abandoned someone deeply depressed in the midst of grief raising a very yound child.

Anyway, it has been very, very difficult for me to rebuild any kind of social life. But I recently joined Facebook and suddenly it is feeling like I can be social again.

I still have an extreme financial hardship but am on the verge of launching a good business. I had to get over my crippling anxiety and depression first and begin functioning in a productive manner on a daily basis.

As I find people I know on Facebook and make connections, suddenly I feel as capable of making friends as I did when I was younger. What a difference it could make.

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WordKeeper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 814	Emerging from isolation and Facebook I have been in a difficult to describe social isolation for some years now. It started after the sudden death of my husband when our son was an infant. I went into a severe depression and then one disaster after another befell me. After I battled the depression, anxiety took over. My non-profit was closed, I lost my income, I had severe damage by mold and incurred significant damages and debt mitigating that damage. Lost my group of friends during this period of extreme depression. Not sure they were ever friends if they abandoned someone deeply depressed in the midst of grief raising a very yound child. Anyway, it has been very, very difficult for me to rebuild any kind of social life. But I recently joined Facebook and suddenly it is feeling like I can be social again. I still have an extreme financial hardship but am on the verge of launching a good business. I had to get over my crippling anxiety and depression first and begin functioning in a productive manner on a daily basis. As I find people I know on Facebook and make connections, suddenly I feel as capable of making friends as I did when I was younger. What a difference it could make.